This genius of British design was told by leading bicycle manufacturer Raleigh that his lightweight, small-wheeled bicycle wouldn’t sell in the early 1960s. He proved them utterly wrong and his work with Sir Alexander Issigonis on the Austin Mini created a car that will be remembered forever. This unmarried and utterly eccentric engineer was also told by the Duke of Edinburgh “that he might end up under a glass case himself” and went as far as to swap his Rolls-Royce for a chauffeur driven Mini to beat ever escalating fuel costs.

The Roll Call - INNOVATORS

1

Pete Cashmore (AKA ‘The Sage of Media’)

2

Sara Little (née Sara Finkelstein, AKA “Tiny Little”, “Corporate America’s Secret Weapon”,1917-2015)

3

Blake Mycoskie

4

Justin Weiss

5

Andy Dunn

6

Ena Baxter (AKA “The Queen of Soup”, 1925 – 2015)

7

George Frost

8

Yasser Khattak

9

Hilary Newsom Callan

10

Hart Main

11

Russ Weiner

12

Doreen Lofthouse OBE MBE (AKA “Mrs Fisherman’s Friend”)

13

Baroness Greenfield CBE

14

Carter Cleveland

15

Marissa Mayer

16

Brian Chesky

17

Dr William Shockley (1910 – 1989)

18

Evan Spiegel

19

Carlo Mondavi

20

Prince Fahad bin Faisal Al Saud

21

Percy Shaw OBE (1890 – 1976)

22

Laurence Benson

23

Sara Blakely

24

Dr Alexander Moulton CBE (1920 – 2012)

25

Joanne Moore

26

Prince Lorenzo Borghese

27

Nicko Williamson

28

Henrik Fisker

29

Edward Rigg